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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Different Emotions On The Same Spot
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THE MAIDEN.

I`VE seen him before me!
What rapture steals o`er me!

Oh heavenly sight!
He`s coming to meet me;
Perplex`d, I retreat me,

With shame take to flight.
My mind seems to wander!
Ye rocks and trees yonder,

Conceal ye my rapture.

Conceal my delight!

THE YOUTH.

`Tis here I must find her,
`Twas here she enshrined her,

Here vanish`d from sight.
She came, as to meet me,
Then fearing to greet me,

With shame took to flight.
Is`t hope? Do I wander?
Ye rocks and trees yonder,

Disclose ye the loved one,

Disclose my delight!

THE LANGUISHING.

O`er my sad, fate I sorrow,
To each dewy morrow,

Veil`d here from man`s sight
By the many mistaken,
Unknown and forsaken,

Here I wing my flight!
Compassionate spirit!
Let none ever hear it,—

Conceal my affliction,

Conceal thy delight!

THE HUNTER.

To-day I`m rewarded;
Rich booty`s afforded

By Fortune so bright.
My servant the pheasants,
And hares fit for presents

Takes homeward at night;
Here see I enraptured
In nets the birds captured!—

Long life to the hunter!

Long live his delight!
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